New York S 8902: Relates to coverage for services provided by school-based health centers for medical assistance recipients

Status: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (as of 2026-02-09)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 8902

Sponsors: Gustavo Rivera, Andrew Gounardes, April Baskin, Cordell Cleare, Jamaal Bailey, José M. Serrano, Julia Salazar, Lea Webb, Leroy Comrie, Luis R. Sepúlveda, Michelle Hinchey, Nathalia Fernandez, Pete Harckham, Peter Oberacker, Rachel May, Robert Jackson, Roxanne J. Persaud, Samra Brouk, Toby Ann Stavisky

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S08902 Summary:

BILL NOS08902 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09577

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BASKIN, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY,
 OBERACKER, PERSAUD, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

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Ensures services provided in school-based health centers are not provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.

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BILL NOS08902 

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01/14/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.286

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8902

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BAILEY, BASKIN, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ,
 GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, OBERACKER, PERSAUD, SALA-
 ZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to coverage for
 services provided by school-based health centers for medical assist-
 ance recipients

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d-3) of subdivision 3 of section 364-j of the
 2 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part HH of chapter 57 of
 3 the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (d-3) Services provided in school-based health centers shall not be
 5 provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs
 6 established pursuant to this section [until at least April first, two
 7 thousand twenty-six].
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 9 the amendments to section 364-j of the social services law made by this
 10 act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 11 repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00465-02-5

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